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Fashion Friday: 10/31/08

Posted in Fashion, tagged , , , on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

 
 

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“Serenity Now!”

Posted in Fitness, Job Search, Productivity, tagged , , on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Decompressing from the MLA job search:
So, this week I started wondering how to integrate meditation (and the principle of finding serenity, breaking free from a state of thought addiction that is the normal state of mind) and the intellectual “life of the mind” (in which thoughts are everything — they are who you are). I [...]

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“Life of the Mind” versus Enlightenment

Posted in Books and Culture, Dissertation, Productivity, tagged , , , , on October 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »

In addition to resorting to Dr. Seuss as my dissertation/life coach lately, I have been looking into the enlightenment writings of Eckhart Tolle — a popular author, increasingly popularized by Oprah’s book club and workshop series looking at his A New Earth (which, for the record, I did not participate in but casually admired). In [...]

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Momentum Mondays: What to do when you are losing steam?

Posted in Momentum Mondays, Productivity, tagged , on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Judging by both my and Jen’s Facebook status updates (mine: alluding to my need for an administrative assistant–hers: noting that she is already burnt out on Monday morning), we are both in the thick of things–job searching, dissertation writing, and the all-important work of mothering.  I don’t want to speak for Jen, but right about [...]

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Fashion Friday: 10/24/08

Posted in Fashion, tagged , , , , on October 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »

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Why the MLA job search is for the birds

Posted in Dissertation, Job Search, tagged , , on October 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »

So, both of these phdmamas are in the preliminary stages of the job search, which basically means that having identified a group of institutions on the Job Information List that are advertising our areas of specialization (and are located in places we would consider living), we are getting our materials ready for post. Let me [...]

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Wednesday: Annotated Biblio-blography

Posted in Annotated Biblio-blography, Books and Culture, Politics, tagged , , , , , on October 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »

After reading Mark and Katie’s story of traveling the country in a T@B on their blog, www.wanderful.us, I have been extolling the virtues of cross-country travel in an RV (especially a shiny-new Airstream) to my husband, but so far he is not on board.  In the meantime, I regularly check out Mark and Katie’s blog [...]

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Food: Lemon Ginger Chicken with Tomato Feta salad

Posted in Community, Food, tagged , on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday I defrosted some chicken but didn’t have any plans for what I was actually going to make for dinner.  I quickly flipped through The New Basics Cookbook (Rosso and Lukins) and found a great recipe: Lemon Ginger Chicken! I decided to pair it with plain converted white rice and a Tomato Feta Salad (a [...]

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Dr. Seuss, Dissertation Coach

Posted in Momentum Mondays, Productivity, tagged , on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

If you have not recently read Dr. Seuss’s Oh, The Places You’ll Go!, run-do not walk-to your nearest copy. My copy has officially migrated from my sons’ bookcase to my bedside table (sorry boys, mom has the greater need at the moment). It’s as if Dr. Seuss was specifically imagining the PhD experience when he [...]

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Just because

Posted in Books and Culture, Community, Current Events, tagged , , , , on October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

 

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